There’s a lot happening in and around Barclays Center ... and we’re not only talking about what’s going on on-court.
Three weeks ago, BSE Global, Joe and Clara Wu Tsai’s parent company, announced a $100 million program to “enhance” the fan experience at the arena, now 12 years old and in need of upgrades. Not a lot of details yet other than vague representations about “creating a dynamic, communal gathering space,” and “upgrading arena entrances” and “adding to existing premium spaces.”
At the same time, Sam Zussman, BSE Global’s CEO, told Bloomberg News about his and the Tsais’ vision of making the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic a “destination” built on an “ecosystem,” of conventional brick-and-mortar additions like restaurants and new entertainment venues, even a hotel, conference center, marketplace plus connective tissue like a proprietary media network to draw audiences to the overall arts and cultural scene in Brooklyn, a clothing line .